Not only that, but the Trainers in the Black Tower are also pretty tough to beat, if your team is sort of under-leveled... If your Pokemon gets a status effect except confusion or infatuation and it does not have the ability Natural Cure or any other ability that allows the Pokemon to naturally heal its status effect out of battle, you need to watch out because the status effect is permanent throughout your challenge as you cannot use items. Furthermore, the only way out of this is to battle a doctor.

This is why I hate Zebstrikas with Toxic in Area 10 of the Black Tower :@